Capítulo 786: Chapter 261: Pressure (Part 2)
Technical experts and financial professionals alike hope to join the alliance that Xiyu Technology Company and Google are organizing, aiming to beco one of the rule makers in the future era of Quantum Computing.
Everyone is willing to invest money and effort, not just to make this happen, but mainly to get a share of the future benefits. This even includes the currently struggling Microsoft.
Of course, there’s quite a few minor incidents that have popped up. For example, many suggested the idea of excluding Western tech companies, but Qiao Yu, with his global mindset, vetoed it.
Since the goal is to establish a unified standard system and operating rules, it’s clear that these tech companies cannot and should not be entirely excluded.
The reason being, countless Huaxia users still use Microsoft’s Windows system, Intel’s CPUs, Old Huang’s graphics cards, not to ntion various productivity software…
At least from Qiao Yu’s perspective, given the current situation, it’s impossible to completely sever ties all at once.
This is what they call a win-win cooperation…
After a hectic week, once the excitent passed, Qiao Yu finally realized a significant issue.
“Uncle Zheng, doesn’t Xiyu Technology Company need a quality manager now?”
“Probably not just that?”
“Hmm?”
“Even though I haven’t run a company, if you want to formalize it, you need a complete set of departnts for normal operations.
Administration, business, legal, R&D, finance, operations, PR… this is typical for a tech company. Like a small sparrow that still needs all its vital organs to survive.”
Zheng Xiweng replied.
Qiao Yu nodded. Although Zheng Xiweng isn’t an expert, his answer was quite fair.
Initially, Xiyu Technology was established purely to provide algorithm support to research institutes. But now it has beco the technical leader in the Quantum Computing era.
The company’s purpose has changed, so its scale will naturally need corresponding adjustnts.
Previously, a small machine room with two graduate students was sufficient for maintenance. But now, Xiyu Technology is poised to set various technology standards.
The scope is indeed broad, and it’s true that a professional manager alone can’t handle it all.
However, a reliable professional manager could strengthen these departnts.
“Hmm, do you have any good recomndations, Uncle Zheng?”
Qiao Yu knew well that Zheng Xiweng probably didn’t know any powerful professional managers, maybe even less so than the MBI professors with broad comrcial connections.
But Qiao Yu had full confidence in the resources behind Zheng Xiweng, which was Huaxia’s largest talent pool.
“If you’re seriously asking for my advice, you indeed shouldn’t waste all your ti managing the company. It would be better to rge with an established enterprise directly.”
Zheng Xiweng answered earnestly.
Qiao Yu turned his head, asking, “And then…”
“And then take dividends annually.”
Qiao Yu thought for a mont and then shook his head. “No good, what if the operations don’t et expectations?”
“Low risk, high barriers, policy dividends, plus you holding a controlling stake, the situation you’re worried about is almost impossible.”
Zheng Xiweng replied as if reciting.
“Still no good. Xiyu Technology is like my first child, giving it away feels like selling a child.”
Qiao Yu once again refused.
Zheng Xiweng smiled bitterly, asking, “So getting a professional manager will put you at ease?”
“Of course, I’d be at ease with your recomndation. If they don’t perform, I can replace them directly, so what’s there to fear? Besides, I’m not in such a rush, it’s not that urgent for .” Qiao Yu replied.
Zheng Xiweng thought for a mont, then nodded and took on this task.
“Alright, I’ll recomnd soone for you later.”
“Make sure they’re capable, don’t hide your excellent talents. You don’t want to end up living every day like an administrative secretary, do you?”
Qiao Yu said sincerely.
Zheng Xiweng: “…”
“By the way, what else do I need to handle today? Non-academic and research-related matters.”
“The three major US exchanges you previously collaborated with have been urging.”
“Are they urging for a paynt or?”
“They hope to quickly finalize cooperation to upgrade the security systems of their platforms. Of course, if you could promptly return the cryptocurrency they had seized, that would be even better. The ti is indeed almost due, and various cryptocurrencies have recently fallen significantly.”
Zheng Xiweng hinted subtly.
He felt imnse pressure.
Just like Qiao Yu said, he truly didn’t want to deal with this ss anymore.
He had already complained to his superiors three or four tis over the past few days, hoping to be replaced or rotated to another position, as the pressure was too much.
Of course, it’s not that Zheng Xiweng didn’t want to stay by Qiao Yu’s side; he mainly wanted more authority.
Qiao Yu’s various negotiations have gone smoothly lately, but his pressure increased daily. Even though dostically, too many eyes were on Xiyu Technology.
Even though everyone knew the real value didn’t lie with this small company with just a machine room, but with the person controlling it from behind. Yet, there were still envious people with significant influence.
They aid not only at Xiyu Technology but precisely at Qiao Yu. Such matters have been unavoidable throughout history.
Zheng Xiweng’s task was to deal with those bold enough to reach out beyond just thinking.
In fact, Zheng Xiweng felt deeply about this. He often believed his role wasn’t to protect Qiao Yu but to save these people from destroying their future out of temporary greed, yet it was clear they wouldn’t be grateful for this.
The greatest pressure ca from their lack of gratitude. Though his superiors did not grant him more authority, they continually assured him that once he persisted for two more days, no one would dare to reach out, which is what kept Zheng Xiweng going.
Another portion of pressure mainly ca from various trivial matters, such as the lingering aftermath of earlier issues.
Despite the significant decrease in value, the cryptocurrencies, still worth over 10 billion RMB, remained idle in an online wallet, exerting pressure on him around the clock through various channels.
The matter wasn’t hugely stressful, just extrely annoying.
Zheng Xiweng would rather Qiao Yu be straightforward and announce to keep the money as theft; that way, he could hang up on the other party without guilt. But this guy insisted on setting a moral line, saying if the other party willingly paid protection money, it must be returned intact…
He insisted on returning it with the right thod, ensuring the other party was even grateful…
“Haha, you reminded just in ti! It’s about ti to return that money to them. Almost all the foreign companies have signed contracts.
So, I won’t talk to them directly. You can go talk to them instead. Just say we are now ready to provide Quantum Trading Security Protection.
They will soon be able to use our security logo on their trading platforms. Once the logo is in place, the money will be returned to their original wallets.”
Inwardly, Zheng Xiweng sighed deeply, relieved that Qiao Yu finally relented. Once this matter was resolved, he should have a relatively easy period ahead.
“Hmm, how much protection money are you planning to collect from them?”
“Uncle Zheng, why do you phrase it so poorly? What protection money? What collection? The Quantum Protection Alliance will handle that. You don’t need to bother with it; let them negotiate directly with Google, the alliance chairman.”
Zheng Xiweng paused, confirming, “Negotiate with Google? We’re not involved?”
Qiao Yu nodded firmly, responding with ambition, “Uncle Zheng, didn’t you look closely at the contracts I negotiated with those companies? Their market, of course, is collected by them.
This money will go directly into the alliance’s account. Every financial quarter, it will be distributed according to each mber unit’s contribution. For at least the next year or two, our contribution will certainly be the largest, so the money will end up in our account eventually.”
Reviews
All reviews (0)